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NY S00419
Bill
Status
1/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Liz Krueger
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "businesses using a bicycle for commercial purposes" to include any person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, or entity engaged in delivering packages by bicycle, with clarification that contractors and affiliated parties are included.
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Adds civil penalties of $100-$250 per violation (in addition to criminal penalties) for violations of commercial bicycle regulations, with violations adjudicated before the Environmental Control Board and notices of violation serviceable upon bicycle operators.
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Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a business utilizing a commercial bicycle operator had knowledge of the operator's violations of the section's requirements.
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Clarifies that a bicycle operator is only considered employed or affiliated with a business when the business provides direct compensation; excludes businesses that hire other firms to provide delivery services from liability under this section.
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Requires businesses to provide protective headgear, identification cards, and properly equipped bicycles to all operators; mandates maintenance of logbooks with daily trip records and annual reporting to the police commissioner.
Legislative Description
Provides that bicycle operators and the businesses affiliated with such operators shall be liable for such operator's failure to carry an identification card or certain other violations regarding the use of a bicycle for commercial purposes; changes violations for the failure to carry an identification card or certain other violation procedures and fines by a commercial bicycle operator; directs that certain violations relating to bicycles used for commercial purposes shall be tried before the environmental control board of the city of New York.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 419D
2/2/2012